What is is about the Amish lifestyle and people that fascinate the rest of us? We write novels about them, watch TV shows about them.... Why not hear what it's like to be Amish from someone who lived it? Check out Growing Up Amish by Ira Wagler.

Growing up in Indiana, I remember seeing the Amish in their buggies being pulled along by horses as our parents drove us around different parts of the state. It always fascinated me to see other people dressed in different clothing and using a different kind of transportation to get around. I wondered what it would be like to live that way. I never thought that some of the Amish might be looking at me and wondering the same thing.

Charles Roberts is angry and frustrated at himself - and at God. One crisp October morning, he decides to do something about it. He walks into an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania carrying a large bag of ammunition.

He wants revenge on God, so he takes hostages. A standoff ensues when the police arrive. A short while later, Roberts opens fire, killing five of the children and critically wounding five others before taking his own life.

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